Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 141
तानि ते कथयाम्यद्य दश सामानि सुन्दरि । हुंकारः प्रणवोद्गीथः प्रस्तावश्च चतुष्टयम्
tāni te kathayāmyadya daśa sāmāni sundari | huṃkāraḥ praṇavodgīthaḥ prastāvaśca catuṣṭayam
โอ้ผู้เลอโฉม วันนี้เราจักกล่าวถึงบทสวดสาแมนสิบประการ คือ หุṃการะ ปรณวะ-อุทคีถะ และปรัสตาวะ—ซึ่งรวมเป็นชุดสี่ประการ
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as sundarī)
Scene: A sage instructs a goddess-like listener, enumerating ten Sāman-chants; palm-leaf manuscript, sacrificial ladles and kuśa grass nearby; the sound-symbol Oṃ and huṃkāra visualized as subtle waves over a sacred coastal tīrtha.
FAQs
Sacred sound is systematized: Purāṇic devotion honors Vedic chant-structures as vehicles of merit and focus.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Arkasthala context), where mantra/chant frameworks are being taught as part of the rite.
A set of Sāman components is introduced—beginning with huṃkāra, praṇava-udgītha, and prastāva—within a larger list of ten.